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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 38 / Friday, February 27, 2009 / Notices
This notice issued February 25, 2009.
Stephen Llewellyn,
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. E9–4369 Filed 2–25–09; 4:15 pm]
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Estimated Annual Burden: 124 hours.
Frequency of Reporting or Use: 1 to 12
times per year depending on the
particular respondent’s need/risk
portfolio.
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Solomon Bush,
Agency Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–4220 Filed 2–26–09; 8:45 am]
[Public Notice 108]
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE
UNITED STATES
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank, as a
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal Agencies to comment on the
proposed information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The form will be used by
Banks to apply for comprehensive or
political insurance coverage on foreign
banks for letter of credit transactions.
Our customers will be able to submit
this form on paper or electronically.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 28, 2009 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments and
requests for additional information to
Walter Kosciow, Export-Import Bank of
the U.S., 811 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20571, (202) 565–3649.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and Form Number:
Export-Import Bank of the United
States Application for Issuing Bank
Credit Limit (IBCL) Under Bank Letter
of Credit Policy, EIB 92–36.
OMB Number: 3048–0016.
Type of Review: Regular.
Need and Use: The information
requested enables the applicant to
provide Ex-Im Bank with the
information necessary to process credit
risk applications involving foreign letter
of credit issuing banks.
Affected Public: The form affects
entities involved in the export of U.S.
goods and services.
Estimated Annual Respondents: 371.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 20
minutes.
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Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of
the United States (Ex-Im Bank) provides
working capital guarantees to lenders. In
assessing the creditworthiness of an
applicant, we review EIB/SBA Form 84–
1. This form provides information
which allows Ex-Im Bank to obtain
legislatively required reasonable
assurance of repayment, as well as to
fulfill other statutory requirements. The
following changes have been made to
the form by the SBA: a field for the Email address; a field for the County (of
business); an increase in selection for
race; a change in reference to the Code
of Federal Regulations for the
Debarment/Suspension paragraph; a
change in the agreements paragraph
(Part C, Section 1) from ‘‘SBA form 159’’
to ‘‘SBA form 159(7a)’’ and the addition
of the following provision: ‘‘Each
proprietor, each general partner, each
limited partner, member or stockholder
owning 20% or more, each guarantor
and the spouse, when applicable, of
each of these must sign. * * * Attach a
separate sheet of paper, if necessary.’’
Additionally, SBA added the following
notices: (1) The Flood Disaster
Protection Act, (2) Executive Orders—
Floodplain Management and Wetland
Protection, (3) the Occupational Safety
and Health Act, (4) Civil Rights
Legislation, (5) the Equal Credit
Opportunity Act, (8) Executive Order
11738—Environmental Protection, (9)
the Immigration Reform and Control Act
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of 1986, and (10) the Lead-Based Paint
Poisoning Prevention Act. One item was
deleted from the checklist of
information to be attached, #16, SBA
form 1261. Also added into the notices
section were the ‘‘Statements Required
by Law and Executive Order’’, which
applies to both Ex-Im Bank and SBA.
Notices on the Debt Collection Act of
1982 and the Deficit Reduction Act of
1984, the Freedom of Information Act
and the Right to Financial Privacy Act
of 1978 were added and are applicable
to customers of Ex-Im Bank and SBA.
Ex-Im Bank made the following
changes: in the Guarantor and
Additional Borrower Representations
and Certifications section ‘‘(SBA
Applicants only), (for subsection b)’’
was added.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 28, 2009 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Ex-Im Bank Customers
direct all comments and requests for
additional information to Smaro
Karakatsanis, Loan Officer, Business
Credit Division, Export-Import Bank of
the U.S., 811 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20571 (202) 565–3943,
(800) 565–3946, extension 3943, or
smark.karakatsanis@exim.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles and Form Numbers: U.S. Small
Business Administration, Export-Import
Bank of the United States Joint
Application for Working Capital
Guarantee.
OMB Number: 3048–0003.
Form Number: EIB–SBA 84–1.
Type of Review: Revision and
extension of expiration date.
Annual Number of Respondents: 673.
Export-Import Bank: 496.
Small Business Administration: 177.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.5
Hours.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,682.5.
Export-Import Bank: 1,240.0.
Small Business Administration: 442.5.
Frequency of Reporting or Use: Upon
application for guarantees of working
capital loans advanced by the lenders to
U.S. exporters.
Dated: February 24, 2009.
Solomon Bush,
Agency Clearance Officer.
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[FR Doc. E9–4293 Filed 2–26–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6690–01–C
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY
[No. 2009–N–03]
FHFA Study of Securitization of
Acquired Member Assets
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AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Concept Release;
request for comments.
SUMMARY: The Federal Housing
Regulatory Reform Act (Act), Division A
of the Housing and Economic Recovery
Act of 2008 (HERA), requires the
Federal Housing Finance Agency
(FHFA) to conduct a study on the
securitization of home mortgage loans
purchased or to be purchased from
Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) System
member financial institutions under the
Acquired Member Assets (AMA)
programs. FHFA is seeking public
comment and hopes that the responses
to this request for comments will
constitute an important source of
information that will assist it in its
preparation of the study. FHFA urges
commenters to analyze, in light of
current market conditions, the benefits
and risks associated with securitization,
the potential impact of securitization
upon liquidity and competitiveness in
the mortgage and broader credit
markets, the ability of the Banks to
manage the risks associated with a
securitization program, and the effect of
a securitization program on the Banks’
existing activities, as well as on the joint
and several liability of the Banks and
the cooperative structure of the Bank
System. This release in no way alters
current requirements, restrictions or
prohibitions on the Banks with respect
to the purchase or sale of mortgages or
to the AMA programs.
DATES: Comments on the Concept
Release must be received on or before
April 28, 2009. For additional
information, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments on this Concept Release,
identified by a subject line of
‘‘Securitization Study’’ by any of the
following methods:
• U.S. Mail, United Parcel Post,
Federal Express, or Other Mail Service:
The mailing address for comments is:
Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel and
Christopher T. Curtis, Senior Deputy
General Counsel and Managing Counsel,
Attention: Comments/Securitization
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Study, Federal Housing Finance
Agency, Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20552.
• Hand Delivered/Courier: The hand
delivery address is: Alfred M. Pollard,
General Counsel and Christopher T.
Curtis, Senior Deputy General Counsel
and Managing Counsel, Attention:
Comments/Securitization Study,
Federal Housing Finance Agency,
Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20552. The package
should be logged at the Guard Desk,
First Floor, on business days between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m.
• E-mail: Comments to Alfred M.
Pollard, General Counsel and
Christopher T. Curtis, Senior Deputy
General Counsel and Managing Counsel,
may be sent by e-mail at
RegComments@FHFA.gov. Please
include ‘‘Securitization Study’’ in the
subject line of the message.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George G. Korenko, Senior Economist,
(202) 408–2543 or Christina Muradian,
Senior Financial Analyst, (202) 408–
2584, Division of Federal Home Loan
Bank Regulation; or Thomas E. Joseph,
Senior Attorney-Advisor, Office of
General Counsel for Federal Home Loan
Bank Supervision, (202) 408–2512,
Federal Housing Finance Agency, 1625
Eye Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006.
The telephone number for the
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
is (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Comments
The Federal Housing Finance Agency
(FHFA) invites comments on all aspects
of the Concept Release and will
consider all comments before issuing a
report to Congress. FHFA requests that
comments submitted in hard copy also
be accompanied by the electronic
version in Microsoft® Word or in
portable document format (PDF) on CD–
ROM.
Copies of all comments will be posted
on the internet web site at https://
www.fhfa.gov. In addition, copies of all
comments received will be available for
examination by the public on business
days between the hours of 10 a.m. and
3 p.m., at the Federal Housing Finance
Agency, Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20552. To make
an appointment to inspect comments,
please call the Office of General Counsel
at (202) 414–3751.
II. Purpose of Release
Effective July 30, 2008, the Act, Public
Law 110–289, 122 Stat. 2654 (2008),
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transferred the supervisory and
oversight responsibilities of the Office of
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
(OFHEO) over the Federal National
Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (Freddie Mac) (collectively,
Enterprises), and the oversight
responsibilities of the Federal Housing
Finance Board (FHFB) over the Banks
and the Office of Finance (which acts as
the Banks’ fiscal agent) to FHFA, a new
independent executive branch agency.
FHFA is responsible for ensuring that
the Enterprises and the Banks operate in
a safe and sound manner, that they
maintain adequate capital and internal
controls, that their activities foster
liquid, efficient, competitive and
resilient national housing finance
markets, and that they carry out their
public policy missions through
authorized activities. See § 1102, Public
Law 110–289, 122 Stat. 2663–64. The
Enterprises and the Banks continue to
operate under regulations promulgated
by OFHEO and the FHFB until FHFA
issues its own regulations. See id. at
§§ 1302, 1313, 122 Stat. 2795, 2798.
Section 1215 of the Act requires the
Director of FHFA to conduct a study on
securitization of home mortgage loans
purchased or to be purchased from Bank
member financial institutions under the
AMA programs.1 See id. at § 1215, 122
Stat. 2791. The Act requires FHFA to
submit a report to Congress by July 30,
2009, detailing the results of the study.
The report must include policy
recommendations based on the
Director’s analysis of the feasibility of
the Banks, either individually or
collectively, issuing mortgage-backed
securities (MBS), and the benefits and
risks associated with such a program.
The Act stipulates that the study
address the benefits and risks associated
with securitization of AMA; the
potential impact of securitization upon
liquidity in the mortgage and broader
credit markets; the ability of the Banks
to manage the risks associated with such
a program; the impact of such a program
on the existing activities of the Banks,
including their mortgage portfolios and
advances; and the effects of
securitization on joint and several
liability of the Banks and the
cooperative structure of the Bank
System. The Act further requires that in
conducting the study, the Director
1 As explained more fully in this release, AMA is
the name given to conforming mortgage loans that
the Banks purchase from their members pursuant to
part 955 of current regulations. 12 CFR part 955.
The transactions through which the Banks purchase
AMA must meet a number of conditions set forth
in the regulations. These conditions are explained
more fully below.
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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
[Public Notice 107]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)
provides working capital guarantees to lenders. In assessing the
creditworthiness of an applicant, we review EIB/SBA Form 84-1. This
form provides information which allows Ex-Im Bank to obtain
legislatively required reasonable assurance of repayment, as well as to
fulfill other statutory requirements. The following changes have been
made to the form by the SBA: a field for the E-mail address; a field
for the County (of business); an increase in selection for race; a
change in reference to the Code of Federal Regulations for the
Debarment/Suspension paragraph; a change in the agreements paragraph
(Part C, Section 1) from ``SBA form 159'' to ``SBA form 159(7a)'' and
the addition of the following provision: ``Each proprietor, each
general partner, each limited partner, member or stockholder owning 20%
or more, each guarantor and the spouse, when applicable, of each of
these must sign. * * * Attach a separate sheet of paper, if
necessary.'' Additionally, SBA added the following notices: (1) The
Flood Disaster Protection Act, (2) Executive Orders--Floodplain
Management and Wetland Protection, (3) the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, (4) Civil Rights Legislation, (5) the Equal Credit
Opportunity Act, (8) Executive Order 11738--Environmental Protection,
(9) the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and (10) the Lead-
Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act. One item was deleted from the
checklist of information to be attached, 16, SBA form 1261.
Also added into the notices section were the ``Statements Required by
Law and Executive Order'', which applies to both Ex-Im Bank and SBA.
Notices on the Debt Collection Act of 1982 and the Deficit Reduction
Act of 1984, the Freedom of Information Act and the Right to Financial
Privacy Act of 1978 were added and are applicable to customers of Ex-Im
Bank and SBA. Ex-Im Bank made the following changes: in the Guarantor
and Additional Borrower Representations and Certifications section
``(SBA Applicants only), (for subsection b)'' was added.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before April 28, 2009
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Ex-Im Bank Customers direct all comments and requests for
additional information to Smaro Karakatsanis, Loan Officer, Business
Credit Division, Export-Import Bank of the U.S., 811 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20571 (202) 565-3943, (800) 565-3946, extension
3943, or smark.karakatsanis@exim.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles and Form Numbers: U.S. Small Business Administration,
Export-Import Bank of the United States Joint Application for Working
Capital Guarantee.
OMB Number: 3048-0003.
Form Number: EIB-SBA 84-1.
Type of Review: Revision and extension of expiration date.
Annual Number of Respondents: 673.
Export-Import Bank: 496.
Small Business Administration: 177.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.5 Hours.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,682.5.
Export-Import Bank: 1,240.0.
Small Business Administration: 442.5.
Frequency of Reporting or Use: Upon application for guarantees of
working capital loans advanced by the lenders to U.S. exporters.
Dated: February 24, 2009.
Solomon Bush,
Agency Clearance Officer.
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